User:MrTwoVideoCards/Mrwtoidea

Getting Started

• Building your first map in Hammer
• Introduction to Editing
• Leaks Explained
• Entity Inputs and Outputs

Source games

Half-Life 2

• Single-Player Mapping Tips

Counter-Strike: Source

• Counter-Strike: Source Levels
• How To Develop A Map That Works
• Navigation Meshes

Day of Defeat: Source

• Day of Defeat: Source Map Creation

The Ship

• The Ship SDK
• The Ship Level Creation
• The Ship Basics: Interactions
• The Ship Basics: Rooms

Level Design

Intermediate Design

• Designing a Level

Architecture

• Displacement Surfaces (Terrain)
• How to Release A Map
• Source Mapping for Half-Life 1 Mappers

Entity Creation

• Creating and Using Prefabs
• Cubemaps
• Entity Hierarchy (parenting)
• Grouping and VisGrouping
• Physics Entity Overview

Npc Movement System

• Nodegraph construction

Prop Types

• Prop Types Overview

Skybox Design

• Skybox (2D)
• 3D Skyboxes
• Level Overviews
• Sky List

Lighting

Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Techniques

• Lighting
• Lightmap

LDR and HDR

• HDR
• Phong

World Atmosphere

• Regions & Atmospheres

Advanced Design

Architecture

• Displacement

In-Depth Design

• Color correction
• Expert compile mode
• Filter Applications
• Menu Background Maps

Hammer Editor

Features

Documentations

• Hammer Editor Documentation
• What's New
• Hotkey Reference

Hammer Fixes and Issues

• Hammer Feature Requests

Abstract Mapping

Objects

Entity's

• Items (weapons, pickups)
• List of entities

Npc's

• NPCs (monsters, allies, characters)

Props

• Prop Gallery

Troubleshooting

Design Problems

Compile log

• Compile Errors

Documentations

• Level Design FAQ
• Troubleshooting Level Design
• Source SDK FAQ

Optimization

Level Design Optimization

• Optimization (level design)

In-depth Optimization

• Controlling Geometry Visibility and Compile Times
• Lightmap optimisation
• Optimizing and Checking Your Map
• Optimization Commands
• Optimization (Non-Geometry)
• Using the Showbudget Panel

Design Theory

• Level Flow

Design Types

• Bounce (level design)
• Loops (level design)
• Push Gameplay

Design Tips

• Adding More Detail to a map
• How To Develop A Map That Works
• Single-Player Mapping Tips

Compile Tips

• Map Compiling Theory

Upload Sites

• File Hosting Sites - A list of reliable websites that host user created maps
• News Site List - A list of websites for hype/advertisement and discussion